Schedule Management 20Q Test

Question 1 of 20

1. Which of the following statements is true about Critical paths

1. The length of the critical path indicates the maximum time that the project can take to complete

2. A critical path will always have zero float

3. A critical path has the longest duration in the network diagram

4. The Activity on node diagram of a project can have only one critical path

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Question 2 of 20

2.  

1. It is a network diagram depicting a critical chain.

2. It is an incomplete network diagram

3. It is a network diagram depicting a critical path

4. What is the closest description of the network diagram above?

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Question 3 of 20

3. Tom is leading a project which is in the planning phase. And based on statistical samplings, he has determined that for a specific case, the optimistic duration estimate is 4 days, most likely estimate is 7 days and the pessimistic estimate is 9 days. What would be the 3-point estimate according to triangular distribution?

1. 6.5 days

2. 7.5 days

3. 6.7 days

4. 7 days

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Question 4 of 20

4. Tom is leading a project which is in the planning phase. And based on statistical samplings, he has determined that for a specific case, the optimistic duration estimate is 4 days, most likely estimate is 8 days and the pessimistic estimate is 12 days. What would be the 3-point estimate according to Beta distribution?

1. 8 days

2. 6.83 days

3. 7 days

4. 6.7 days

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Question 5 of 20

5. Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the free float for task D is

1. 8 days

2. 6 days

3. 4 days

4. 2 days

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Question 6 of 20

6. An estimation method uses the following formula

Estimate = (O + M + P) / 3

Where

O = Optimistic Estimate

M = Most likely estimate

P = Pessimistic estimate

This method is of the following type among estimation methodologies:

1. 3 point estimate with PERT distribution

2. Statistical estimation because is uses likelihoods

3. Parametric estimation because it uses a formula

4. 3 point estimate with triangular distribution

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Question 7 of 20

7. Barry is a project manager in Stoc Advisaries Inc. He is currently involved in a major upgrade to their customer facing application stock-advise. He has currently completed estimating resources for this project. What could he possibly do next:

1. Baseline the schedule

2. Get budget approval

3. Estimate costs

4. Plan Human Resource Management

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Question 8 of 20

8. Which of the following statements is NOT true with respect to activity resource estimation process:

1. Activity duration estimate is carried out after activity resources are estimated

2. The output of the activity resource estimate process includes RBS

3. Activity resource estimation is carried out independent of cost estimates

4. Cost is estimated based on activity resource and duration estimates but is fed back to refine activity resource estimation

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Question 9 of 20

9. Barry is a project manager in Stoc Advisaries Inc. He is currently involved in a major upgrade to their customer facing application stock-advise. While estimating the resources, he is identifying the resources for activities at the leaf nodes of the activity breakdown structure and then aggregating the resources at summary activities and then at the project level. What estimation method is Barry likely to be using:

1. Analogous estimation

2. Bottom up estimation

3. Top down estimation

4. Parametric estimation

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Question 10 of 20

10. Which of the statements is true about fast tracking?

1. In a fast tracking method, the discretionary dependencies are re-examined to exploit inherent parallelism among activities

2. In a fast tracking method, employees are motivated to work harder and faster so that the project completion is fast tracked.

3. In a fast tracking method, the float of each task is leveraged to fast track the project.

4. Additional resources are allocated to tasks in the critical path so that the duration of the tasks and hence the whole project is fast tracked

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Question 11 of 20

11. Backward pass is a method

1. To determine the late start and late finish of each task in the network diagram

2. To determine the float of each task in the critical path

3. To determine the early start and early finish of all the tasks in the network diagram

4. To determine the late start and late finish of only the tasks in the critical path

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Question 12 of 20

12. Tom is leading a project which is in the planning phase. And based on statistical samplings, he has determined that for a specific case, the optimistic duration estimate is 4 days, most likely estimate is 7 days and the pessimistic estimate is 9 days. What would be the 3-point estimate according to PERT distribution?

1. 6.83 days

2. 6.7 days

3. 7.5 days

4. 7 days

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Question 13 of 20

13. Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the float for task D is

1. 2 days

2. 4 days

3. 8 days

4. 6 days

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Question 14 of 20

14. The PERT estimate of duration for a task is 12 days which has an optimistic estimate of 6 days and a most likely estimate of 10 days. What is the pessimistic estimate?

1. 14 days

2. 26 days

3. 18 days

4. 16 days

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Question 15 of 20

15. Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the free float for task D is

1. 6 days

2. 4 days

3. 8 days

4. 2 days

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Question 16 of 20

16. The number of days by which a task can be delayed without delaying any of its successor tasks is called

1. Free Float

2. Float

3. Total Float

4. Slack

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Question 17 of 20

17. Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the critical path is –

1. A-E-F-H

2. A-E-F-G-H

3. A-D-G-H

4. A-B-C-H

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Question 18 of 20

18. One of the software effort estimation methodologies uses the following formula to arrive at effort:

E=ai(KLoC)(bi)(EAF)

What type of estimation methodology is this?

1. Bottom up estimation

2. Analogous estimation

3. PERT estimation

4. Parametric estimation

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Question 19 of 20

19. lease refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the Late Start and Late Finish for task B are –

1. 6, 11

2. 5, 10

3. 11,16

4. 3, 8

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Question 20 of 20

20. Which of the following statement is TRUE with respect to defining activities?

1. All activities must be defined while developing a schedule

2. All activities are defined as part of WBS in the scope baseline

3. Some activities can be defined initially and activities for mile stones occurring later on can be defined when the project is closer to the milestone

4. It is fine if no activities are defined initially

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